19 Aurigae

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:09 | Tran: 12:57 | Set: 22:45

Alt: 46.95° Az: 268.27° Direction: West

19 Aurigae is a variable bright giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Auriga.

19 Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, 19 Aurigae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 19 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Aurigae during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 21m 41s

Declination +33° 58’ 55”

Hour Angle 03h 41m 28s

Sidereal Time 09h 03m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 20m 00s

Declination +33° 57’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 172.81°

Galactic Latitude -1.83°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.03

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -4.84

Spectral Type A5II

Color Index (B-V) 0.27

Temperature 7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Aurigae is distant 3,075.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 943.40

Distance (light year) 3,075.47

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34578

SAO Catalogue SAO57906

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24879

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+33 1013

FK5 Catalogue 2399

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1925

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.0° RISE 3:09

Max altitude: 72.5° TRANSIT 12:57

Azimuth: 304.0° SET 22:45

Set Location

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